"Kat" wrote in message
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Well, after that last time I posted that little update, things seemed to
have gone alright.

It was 3am I was up and out of bed. I was home and sitting around until
about 4, and by that time, I had called the health line, called my mom,
doula and a friend... It was maybe around 430am that I was out the door
and it was around 445 that I was at the hospital.
They didn't even send me to do the NST for the 20 mins that is standard
here. I was checked out and when I got to the hospital and to the room, I
was at 6cm. This was 445-5am or somewhere around that.
I walked to a delivery room where they hooked me up to the monitors for
the 20 minutes initially. I was also given the IV - just the needle part,
no bags or anything at this point, but starting the IV, I was told, is
standard that they have to do with someone who has had a previous
c-section.
Short story really short, I ended up turning down the epidural, which was
offered right away. Baby's heart rate seemed to be going slightly down
just before a contraction started, so they kept me on the monitor.
Baby was born at 6:03am on Feb 11... I was at the hospital not much more
than an hour
I had nothing - no epidural, no morphine, gas, nothing at all. I had also
no tearing or anything. I was told a couple little scratches, but nothing
that needed stitches - yay!
All seemed to have gone fairly well... Although I remember thinking I
couldn't do it at the very end (like I would have had a choice anyways
lol)

She was 7lbs 10oz, 19.5" long. Nice size - smaller than DS but bigger
than what both DDs were (same length of DDs both, though)
6:03am wasn't bad time, considering I was only up and unable to sleep or
lay in bed from about 3am and only at the hospital for about an hour and
15 mins.

I had some major bleeding issues, though, and they kept me in until this
morning. I guess I was bleeding bright red, some fair sized clots or
something as well... The bleeding was a concern, I guess, but then I was
told something about my uterus went down in record time... Which, I was
told, explains the massive bleeding and bright blood color. It all seemed
to happen really fast, which was kind of nice. The very end (maybe the
last 10 mins or so) was fairly intense. I had actually said to get me the
epidural at that point, thinking I still had some time left, but they told
me it was too late. It didn't take more than 2 contractions and she was
born.

So now I'm home and that's kind of nice. She has an excellent latch and
is nursing well. She really likes to suck, though, and not necessairly
nurse all the time. She's nursing on demand and going through that
cluster feeding, which is a little crazy. She's been sleeping the last 2
or so hours since I got home, although I don't think that's going to last
very long! She's kind of making some weird noises and now DS is home from
school.

Time to sit down and relax!
Congratulations! Thought something must be happening.
Debbie